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How To IRC

If you have never used IRC before, you may be a bit intimated and put off from trying it. Here you will learn how to configure important IRC settings to improve your experience, and this will hopefully encourage you to investigate other features that IRC has to offer.

The following IRC guides will assume that you have already registered your nickname, and that you have been added to the access list for #CwExperts SwiftIRC channels.

qwebirc

qwebirc is a browser-based IRC client being developed on Github. You can find this client on our how to join page here: http://cwexperts.org/how-to-join/. Using this client is only recommended if you have no prior experience using IRC, as it is simple to learn and operate. You should quickly switch to a more advanced client, as qwebirc does not support many important features that other clients do.

Tick 5 options > Play sound: Morse, Bounce Colloquy icon in the Dock, …repeatedly until Colloquy is in the front, Show event bubble, …only if Colloquy is in the background

mIRC

mIRC is one of the most popular IRC clients available to Windows users. However, you only have a 30 day free trial, after which you must purchase a copy. You can download this client here: https://www.mirc.com/get.html.

How to auto identify

Go to Tools > Options… > Connect > Options > Perform…

Tick 1 option: Enable perform on connect

Perform commands > Type “/msg nickserv identify PASSWORD”

How to auto join channels

Go to Favorites > Organize Favorites…

Tick 2 options: Pop up favorites on connect, Enable join on connect

Go to Add Channel > Type “cwexperts” and “cwexperts1”

Go to Edit Channel > Tick 1 option: Join on connect

How to enable highlights

Go to Tools > Address Book… > Highlight

Tick 1 option: Enable highlight

Enter all desirable highlights including your nickname

Go to Edit Highlight > Play sound > Enable Beep 1 time

Customize other highlight options such as case sensitivity and color

HexChat

HexChat is another popular IRC client available to Windows users. If you find that mIRC is too overwhelming for you, consider switching to HexChat. You can download this client here: https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html.